Monday, December 17, 2012

Names and the characters that have them

Names in
romance are one of the most import steps of character development. Well, at to
me. It has to sound right, roll off the tongue nicely, and compliment the
character’s personality. Everyone has a different way of selecting names for
their characters. I use a site called Behind the Name (http://www.behindthename.com/).
This is a great site with lots of information.

When picking a
name, first I try to fit the meaning of the name with the character’s
personality and if that doesn’t work, I search until I find one that fits.
Okay, so that didn’t make too much sense. Let me explain.

Darian from my
new release, Ravished Before Sunrise, is a vampire. I wanted a name that fit
his dark, yet compassionate personality. I came across his name and said it a
couple of time to see how it sounds. Speaking it out loud sometimes helps me
chose.

Emalee
actually came to me when I first started writing. But I wasn’t too sure what to
do with her, until I started reading the 1Night Stand series.

Picking names
is fun. I like to search around for that perfect name that says so much about
the character.

GIVEAWAY!

Lia will be giving away a $5 Starbucks GC, a
handmade book thong, and a swag pack.

Blurb:

Born with the
unusual ability to see what truly lies in the shadows, Emalee Black is stuck
between two worlds, the paranormal and the human. Neither one accepts or
understands her and she's forced to live a quiet, boring life in hiding. When
her best friend mentions 1Night Stand dating service, Ema chooses a
role-playing adventure straight out of her romantic fantasies. She's to hunt
her very own vampire and have her wicked way him.

Vampire Darian
Wyman is surprised when his daughter signs him up for a one-night stand with an
exclusive matching agency. At first he's appalled by the idea, but as he reads
the details of the date he becomes intrigued. For one night he will get away
from the life he has long grown tired of to be hunted and captured by a would-be
huntress. But he has plans of his own for his little vixen.

However, when
Darian discovers the truth about Ema's inhuman abilities, the date could end
before it gets started.

Emalee’s pulse
raced as she drummed her fingers on her desk and searched the website. A
giddiness she hadn’t known since senior prom ran through her. The site claimed
unlimited possibilities, a chance for adventure. Could they mean it? Because
she’d already seen things beyond what humans deemed possible. Hell, her whole
existence was unimaginable.

Her life had
taken a lonesome turn when a friend she hadn’t seen since high school noted how
much younger than the rest of her classmates she looked. Her long-lasting youth had become a
liability. Drawing too much attention to her unusual gift wouldn’t prove wise.
In some cases, it could get her killed.
With no alternative, she’d closed the door on her life among humans and
moved into the local witch coven, where everyone was different.

“What will you
do?” Her best friend since preschool, a coven member in good standing, sat next
to her for moral support and encouragement. Ema didn’t need much encouragement.
The second Beth had mentioned a one-night stand, she’d been hooked. And Madame
Eve’s dating service would save her from dying of boredom, at least for one
night.

But could she
go through with it? A wicked smile tugged at her lips and her inner voice said,
“Hell, yeah.” Human strangers gave her a sense of safety. They knew nothing
about her past or her unusual abilities.

“Just one
night?”

About Lia

Lia Davis is a
mother to two young adults and two very special kitties, a wife to her soul
mate, and a paranormal romance author. She and her family live in Northeast
Florida battling hurricanes and very humid summers. But it’s her home and she
loves it!

An accounting
major, Lia has always been a dreamer with a very activity imagination. The
wheels in her head never stop. She ventured into the world of writing and
publishing in 2008 and loves it more than she imagined. Writing is a stress
reliever that allows her to go off in her corner of the house and enter into
another world that she created, leaving real life where it belongs.

Her favorite
things are spending time with family, traveling, reading, writing, chocolate,
coffee, nature and hanging out with her kitties.

6 comments:

Great post. Next time you need a name, you can always use mine, I would love to be a character in your book. LOL. Big fan of your books and can't wait for the next one. Thanks for the awesome giveaway.christinebails at yahoo dot com